Sao Kotoko Putchu Guinadji bronze rider - Chad -
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The Sao, ancestors of the Kotoko, were established between the 12th and 14th centuries in a geographical area extending along the borders between Chad, northern Cameroon and Nigeria. They settled on hills, which allowed them to repel the invaders. Subjected to successive onslaughts from their Kanem neighbours and then to hordes from the east, the Sao had to abandon their lands to settle in northwestern Cameroon where they mixed with the natives giving birth to an ethnic group called Kotoko. Lost wax cast iron was already commonly practiced as early as the 12th century by this African ethnic group, which mainly produced copper alloy jewellery among prestigious objects. The Kotoko still attribute to copper metal a mythical origin giving it a protective value. Source: Horse and rider in the art of black African G. Massa, ed. Sepia
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Sao Kotoko Putchu Guinadji bronze rider - Chad -
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